Dianne joined the Restless Central workshops in 2009. She was invited to perform in the Debut 2 program where she worked with emerging directors, Dana Nance in Colours and Jianna Georgiou in Dancing Dragons and collaborated with the Youth Ensemble and first year dancers from Adelaide College of the Arts and mentors Sasha Zahra and Katrina Lazaroff. In 2010, she performed in the major production for the Ensemble, Next of Kin directed by Philip Channells and returned in 2011 for the Come Out Festival season of Take Me There directed by Daniel Koerner.